If students “zoom in” one more level by using the down arrow, the screen reader will then focus on just the numerator or just the denominator such that it will say “in numerator x plus 6” or “in denominator x minus 4”. Repeatedly hitting the up arrow will eventually prompt “zoomed out all of the way”Įsc (the escape key) – exits the Math Equation Viewer.įor example of why zooming in and out is useful look at problem 5 on the sample worksheet, the screen reader will read the entire expression as “the fraction with numerator x plus 6 and denominator x minus 4”.

Up Arrow ↑ – “zooms out” of each level students have zoomed in. Students can zoom in until the point it says “zoomed in all of the way”. Left Arrow ← – reads the next mathematical term to the leftĭown Arrow ↓ – “zooms in” so that students can look at the expression by parts or character. Right Arrow → – reads the next mathematical term to the right Once the cursor encounters math, the screen reader reads the entire mathematical expression-the math expression has focus.ĮNTER – activates the Math Equation Viewer Left Arrow ← – reads the next character to the leftĭigging Down-Using the Math Equation Viewer Right Arrow → – reads the next character to the right General Navigation in Browse Mode (not zoomed into math expressions) The student will need to know a few basic NVDA commands in order to access a worksheet. Here’s a short video of Brice navigating a simple worksheet as a student would. In addition, the student will have to connect his braille display via the Preferences, Braille Settings menu in NVDA.

However, please note that at this time Nemeth Code is the best supported code for accessing materials this way. Students can also access information in braille via a braille display. However, if you need to access the MathPlayer settings, you can do so by going to the Control Panel of your computer. Using a typical install, MathPlayer will automatically integrate itself with NVDA and Firefox. MathPlayer is a free piece of software from Design Science that enables a screen reader to speak mathematical expressions. Your student will need the following tools: In this post, you will learn how students can access math materials digitally on a Windows computer using the NVDA screen reader.

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